Gender Studies Books

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21. Black and Postcolonial Feminisms in New Times

    Researching Educational Inequalities

    Edited by Heidi Mirza, Cynthia Joseph

    This book is a compelling collection of essays on the intersection of race, gender and class in education written by leading black and postcolonial feminists of colour from Asia, Africa and the Caribbean living in Britain, America, Canada, and Australia. It addresses controversial issues such as...

    Published April 22nd 2012 by Routledge
22. Business and Gender

    Edited by Alison M. Konrad

    Series: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management

    Serious thinking on business and gender has blossomed over the past few decades. What began as a tentative examination of the ways women and men might differ has evolved into a complex and vibrant field of international research and study. Edited by a leading scholar in the field, this new...

    Published April 19th 2012 by Routledge
23. Feminist Studies

    A Guide to Intersectional Theory, Methodology and Writing

    By Nina Lykke

    Series: Routledge Advances in Feminist Studies and Intersectionality

    In this book, feminist scholar Nina Lykke highlights current issues in feminist theory, epistemology and methodology. Combining introductory overviews with cutting-edge reflections, Lykke focuses on analytical approaches to gendered power differentials intersecting with other processes of social in...

    Published April 19th 2012 by Routledge
24. Women and Aging International

    Diversity, Challenges and Contributions

    Edited by Lee Ann Mjelde-Mossey, Iris Chi

    According to a recent population report by the United Nations, "in most countries, older women greatly outnumber older men. In many cases, the difference is so large that the concerns of the older population should in fact be viewed primarily as the concerns of older women." Internationally, the...

    Published April 17th 2012 by Routledge
25. The Ethics of Gender-Specific Disease

    By Mary Ann Cutter

    Series: Routledge Annals of Bioethics

    Our understanding of gender carries significant bioethical implications. An errant account of gender-specific disease can lead to overgeneralizations, undergeneralizations, and misdiagnoses. It can also lead to problems in the structure of health-care delivery, the creation of policy, and the...

    Published April 17th 2012 by Routledge
26. Sex/Gender

    Biology in a Social World

    By Anne Fausto-Sterling

    Series: The Routledge Series Integrating Science and Culture

    Sex/Gender presents a relatively new way to think about how biological difference can be produced over time in response to different environmental and social experiences. This book gives a clearly written explanation of the biological and cultural underpinnings of gender. Anne Fausto-Sterling...

    Published April 15th 2012 by Routledge
27. Chinese Male Homosexualities

    Memba, Tongzhi and Golden Boy

    By Travis S. K. Kong

    Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

    This book presents a groundbreaking exploration of masculinities and homosexualities amongst Chinese gay men. It provides a sociological account of masculinity, desire, sexuality, identity and citizenship in contemporary Chinese societies, and within the constellation of global culture. Kong...

    Published April 15th 2012 by Routledge
28. Nursing and Women’s Labour in the Nineteenth Century

    The Quest for Independence

    By Sue Hawkins

    This book presents a new examination of Victorian nurses which challenges commonly-held assumptions about their character and motivation. Nineteenth century nursing history has, until now, concentrated almost exclusively on nurse leaders, on the development of nursing as a profession and the...

    Published April 15th 2012 by Routledge
29. Gender, Sexualities and Law

    Edited by Jackie Jones, Anna Grear, Rachel Anne Fenton, Kim Stevenson

    Bringing together an international range of academics, Gender, Sexualities and Law provides a comprehensive interrogation of the range of contemporary issues – both topical and controversial – raised by the gendered character of law, legal discourse and institutions. The gendering of law,...

    Published April 13th 2012 by Routledge
30. Feminist Perspectives on Tort Law

    Edited by Janice Richardson, Erika Rackley

    Series: Feminist Perspectives

    Feminist Perspectives on Tort Law offers a distinctly feminist approach to key topics in tort law. Ten original essays written by feminist legal scholars from the UK, US, Canada and Australia encompass a range of ways of thinking about women, tort law and feminism. The collection provides a fresh...

    Published April 3rd 2012 by Routledge